Good evening. I want to welcome the witnesses we have in front of us today. We have Mr. David Adams from the Association of International Automobile Manufacturers of Canada. We have Mr. Mark Nantais, who is the president of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association. We have Mr. David Worts, executive director of the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association of Canada. Finally, we have Mr. Angelo Carnevale, who is the vice-president of the Canadian Association of Moldmakers.
I want to welcome all of you to our subcommittee on the study of the auto sector. We struck this committee last week in order to study some of the challenges facing the Canadian auto sector. Your testimony today and your submissions will inform part of the report and the recommendations our committee will report back to the House of Commons sometime before the end of the month.
Before we begin, we'll start with opening statements of approximately ten minutes from each of the five witnesses. We'll begin with Mr. Mark Nantais.